Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-13
SAGADAHOC FAIR.
Proceedings of the First Dav
Big Crowd.
Good Races-Excellent Exhibits
Large Receipts.
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menced to gather about o'clock, and during
the afternoon there were all of 5000 people
on the grounds. They were everywhere,
around the dime shows, the lifting, striking
and weighing machines, around the cattle,
sheep and swine, and every horse that ever
made mile in less than ten minutes had
crowd of admirers.
The track was little heavy in the fore
noon, but the bracing northwest wind and
the harrows soon put it in fair shape. Many
OF the drivers were warming their horses up,
and by the way the animals went around the
track, several prominent horsemen were lead
into saying that some of the records were
going to be broken this year.
In the usual place the peanut, fruit, candy
and lemonade peddars were yelling the mer-
its of their goods, while the usual number of
"fakers" were taking in the nickels and
dimes with their snaps. good square meal
could be obtained at dozen places and evil
IDENTIFY everybody had enough to eat.
The secretaries were busily engaged all
day in making new entries and were feeling
quite jubilant over the way things came in
and the several committees were making up
their awards, on neat stock, sheep and swine.
After dinner all attention centered on the
stallion race for the S75 purse. Only three
horses came to the line for positions and on
the first heat there were practically two in
the race. The three were in bunch when
w. r Field said ''go" from the judges stand,
and they started off for business. Gen.
Knox broke when rounding the first turn and
Bowdoin Boy was ahead at the first quarter,
with Fannie A. some five lengths behind.
Knox found his feet on the back stretch and
at the first half passed Bowdoin Boy, who, in
his turn, broke on the home stretch. Knox
won easily after taking the first lead, in 2.50.
The second heat was won easily by Knox,
whose driver apparently held him in, in 2.50.
Knox took the lead at the start and held it to
the finish, leading by fonr or five lengths.
Fannie A. dropped out after the first heat.
For the third heat only Gen. Knox appeared,
Bowdoin Boy having famed himself. Knox
was sent around for record and covered the
mile in 246 without skip.
The management thought that the unusual
ly large crowd for the first day would enjoy
more trotting so they arranged for an exhibi-
ton of PAGERS. Mystery and Eastern King
came to the starting point, Mystery winning
the pole. After lots of scoring off they went,
Mystery taking the lead and holding it through
the heat, taking it in 2.5l.
On the second start the horses went off
neck and neck, but round to the first quarter
Eastern King lead, when Mystery closed the
gap, the horses coming to the half neck and
neck, Mystery breaking and giving the other
the lead again At the last half it was nip
and tuck but Eastern King won by two
lengths. The heat was as handsome a con-
test as one could ask for, and as each had
heat to his credit another was trotted.
They started well for the third, but Mystery
lost his lengths lead by breaking on the turn.
Both broke on the half but Eastern King
caught his feet first and skipped ahead of
Mystery to the third quarter. They both
broke, caught themselves and came in, East
ern King first, Mystery second in PAS.
Stallion race-Purse S75.
Gen. Knox, l l
Bowdoiu Boy, =
Fahnie A, dis.
Time, 2.5O, so, 246.
PAGERS.
Mystery, ?
Eastern King, /
Time, PSI, 2 SO, 2.48.
Judges, W. r. Field, Brunswick; C. S.
Brown. Bath, and G. n Robinson, Augusta.
The awards made so far, are as follows;
Town teams of steers, year old. Rich
mond first Bowdoin second, Bowdoinham
third; year old, Richmond first; year old,
Richmond first.
Jersey cows, year old, W, S. Alexander,
Topsham, first; W. F. Riggs, Bowdolnham,
second Year old heifer, c. K. and A. W.
Tedford, Topsham, first k. w. Berry,
Topsham, first on three year old heiiers;
Walter Walker, Brunswick, second. For
wear old heifers J. W Crawford of Bruins
wick, took first prize.
On Holstein or Dutch, c. f. and A. n.
Tedford, Topshsm, first; \. w. Hunt.
Brunswick, second. G. E and H. n. Ted
ford. first on heifer calf A W. Hunt first
for two year old heifer; Bert Berry, Tops
ham. second Chas. Ward first on three year
old heifers.
On Ayshires, j. c. Mitchell, Brunswick,
first; V. j. Ring. Richmond, second; A.
Toothaker, Brunswick, third. A. W. Hunt
first on full blood bull, also two year old
heifer. C. Z. and A. w Tedford, first on
calf.
For working oxen, A. P. Woodsde, Bruins
wick. first; Reuben Bates, Richmond, sec
oud E. w. Mallett, Topsham, third.
c. II. Alexander, Bowdoin, first on South
down Bucks; B. Pstten, Bowdoinham, sec
ond. c. E. Mallett first for Shropshire buck.
Full blood Southdown sheep, J, M. Fulton,
first Shropshire sheep, c. E. Mallett, first
Grade sheep, C, H, Alexander, Bowdoin,
first; B. Patten, Bowdoin, second; F. S. Ad-
ANS Bowdoin, third.
For fat cattle, T. j. Winchell, Topsham,
first; Geo. B. Sampson, Bowdoinhsm, sec
ond; r. G. Messerve, Richmond, third.
The above are all the awards made at P.
M. Richmond did nobly with her stock dis
p,.v having one hundred and five head of